Happy Birthday-Love, Jackie: On Your Special Day, Enjoy the Wit and Wisdom of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady

By Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

A Birthday Card in Book Form! Features nearly 90 witty and inspirational quotations, and a page for inscribing your personal birthday message.

A Leo lady with her glorious mane of hair, Jackie Kennedy stood apart from the rest of the pride. Spend your birthday with the quintessential woman of mystery, the complex and brain

• Language: English
• Publisher: Celebration Books
• Release date: Mar 6, 2023
• ISBN: 9781915393715

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY—LOVE, JACKIE

There will never be, and never could be, another Jacqueline Kennedy. She belonged to her age; a time when debutantes wore long, white gowns and attended balls in Newport, Rhode Island. When giant yachts sailed briskly past elegant mansions and private clubs were the norm. Finishing schools were de riguer for society daughters. Jackie Kennedy was born to this world. But she was a different kind of girl. Certainly she adored her horses and her sports, but books, art and culture were the loves of her life. Jackie was brought up to marry a wealthy man and never to work. But the strong-willed Jackie went to college, and then found employment as a photo-reporter in Washington D.C. She had already lived abroad as a student and studied five languages. She was an It girl who took life seriously. With a combination of beauty, intelligence and savoir faire, she became the role model and the image of American femininity.  

As the youngest first lady of the United States, she and President John F. Kennedy captured the country’s imagination. Upon finding the White House décor in shambles, she restored and bought back many of its original antiques by establishing a charitable committee to raise the funds. She would host marvelous artists and musicians at the White House. She even managed to persuade France to lend the Mona Lisa to American museums so local